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Provides an introduction to modern Arabic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Designed as an introductory textbook for English-speaking undergraduates, this title attempts to situate the development of modern Arabic literature in the context of the medieval Arabic literary tradition.

Title Modern Arabic literature / Paul Starkey.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press
Creation Date 2006
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-211) and index.
English
Content The background -- The revival -- Neo-classical poetry -- Romanticism in Arabic poetry -- Poetry: the modernists -- Prose literature: early developments -- Prose literature: the period of maturity -- The sixties generation and beyond -- Drama: early experiments -- Drama: the period of maturity.
Series New Edinburgh Islamic surveys Modern Arabic literature
Extent 1 online resource (233 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010709318705171
MARC RECORDS
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